Cool-weather weddings have their own particular charm…for example, the stunning landscapes and the emotions evoked by the beauty of autumn can create the perfect atmosphere for a romantic fall wedding.

If you’re considering tying the knot this autumn, there are some things you should know about wedding decor ideas, wedding dresses, and bridal dress accessories. With our expert guidance, you can look your most beautiful, while also organizing autumn nuptials that fulfill all of your dreams and desires.

Now that the warm days of summer are gone, use the bonfire beauty and turning leaves of autumn to your advantage…get creative to be a truly stunning autumn bride!

Tips For Autumn Brides-To-Be

To create the right look for autumn, cover up a little bit by choosing dresses for wedding with matching jackets, such as the gorgeous, fitted combination shown above. Another option is adding a lace shawl, faux-fur cape, or long, dramatic veil to a ballgown-style bridal dress, such as the one displayed at the very top of this blog post.

Covering up adds appropriate elegance that is just right for an autumn wedding, and you’ll stay warm and comfortable throughout the proceedings. Wedding photos taken outdoors will look perfect when you don a little jacket or shawl that covers your shoulders.

Bridesmaid wedding dresses should probably have sleeves, or be worn with little fitted cardigans. Take advantage of the cozy spirit of fall to style your wedding outfits, from your groom-to-be’s tuxedo, to your own wedding ensemble.

Choosing cream over pure white can also be a fine choice for many women…creamier tones work well with the natural palette of the season. However, your natural coloring is the most important variable. If you’re cool complected (pink undertones), pure white is the best choice. Warmer undertones (yellowish) will look stunning in off-white or cream.

Makeup and Hair Tips

Makeup should be elegant and not too sheer – rich cranberry-toned lips (cool complexion), or honey-pink neutrals (warm complexion) with plenty of pigment will look wonderful.

Skin should not be too tanned for a natural autumn effect. Use a dusting of peachy-pink blush (Cover Girl Rose Silk Cheekers Blush is perfect – and very, very cheap!) to cast a glow over dark or pale skin – without adding too much color.

Top your lip color with a satiny gloss for an elegant effect. Hair should be shiny, with lots of low lights, rather than bright, summery highlights. Experiment with looks before your wedding day, and take photographs of potential wedding hair and makeup in typical fall light (muted sunshine, or overcast skies) to see what works best for you.

Looks For Your Wedding Party

Exciting autumn-inspired looks for your wedding party could match this palette for cohesive style. Here’s one wonderful example of a mother of the bride dress with a rich, vibrant autumn palette:

As you can see, burnt orange or cinnamon red aren’t the only mother of the bride dresses options that evoke the spirit of fall. Dark, rich and elegant taffesta with luxurious ruffles is also the perfect complement to an autumn-themed wedding!

For cheap bridesmaid dresses, rich brown is a wonderful look that is so refined – a dress such as the pretty sheath shown below could be accessorized with a cardigan in saffron yellow, cranberry or deep forest green for a custom effect that looks beautiful for autumn. One advantage of this lovely deep brown shade is that it’s so wearable after the wedding is over…

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Wedding decor for autumn should feature the right tones and textures…from table linens in deep red to flowers in orange, tobacco-brown, and crimson. If you need help pulling it all together, you’re not alone. However, we’re here to help, so reach out to Best for Bride!

Our team of caring and experienced wedding specialists can help you organize almost every aspect of your autumn wedding. We are here to take the pressure off, and our services are so affordable. In fact, we even offer financing to help brides-to-be find the dresses of their dreams, and wedding decor Toronto to help our clients plan the fairy-tale weddings they’ve always imagined.

The glitz, the glamour and the glitter of a celebrity wedding is fascinating to us mere mortals. While the rest of us are happy being swept to our own wedding in a classic Used BMW, Hollywood does things a little differently.

If you’re one of the Kardashian sisters, one car is never really going to be enough is it? Kim Kardashian’s wedding saw her travelling in style with a fleet of cars including Rolls Royces, Maybachs and more! Every guest arrived in ice-white luxury. Miss Kardashian has always taken her method of transport seriously as she drives a Rolls Royce Ghost around Hollywood just to run errands, so it’s no surprise she went all-out with the transport for her wedding.

Also a fan of the Rolls Royce, Britain’s newest royal, the former Miss Kate Middleton, opted for a 1977 Rolls Royce Phantom VI to get her to the church on time. Unperturbed by the fact that a few months previously, her father-in-law Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles had been pelted by eggs and bottles by protesters in the very same car, she chose the Rolls over the classic Glass Coach favored 30 years earlier by Lady Diana Spencer. Maybe she wanted to avoid some of the spectacle a carriage would have provided. Leaving the Abbey was a different matter. Kate and Wills wowed the crowds following the ceremony in an open topped 1902 State Landau horse-drawn carriage on their trip back to Buckingham Palace.

For a touch of old Hollywood glamour, you can’t do much better than Grace Kelly. In her wedding in 1952, she traveled to the church in a Mark Vl Rolls Royce / Bentley Park Ward convertible finished in British Racing Green for a look that was as understated as it was glamorous. One of only 6 ever built, the car is still available to hire for those who can afford it and want to emulate one of the most beautiful women to ever live.

Going the traditional route with a vintage white Rolls Royce for her 2011 wedding, the usually oh-so-edgy supermodel Kate Moss made her wedding to Jamie Hince totally timeless. A classic car gives any wedding a touch of glamour and will certainly prevent wedding photos from looking dated when Kate looks back on them in a few years.

Not technically a celebrity wedding, more the wedding of a celebrity sibling, Keira Knightley was a bridesmaid at her brother’s wedding in 2010 and got just as much attention as the bride in her prom-style plum-colored bridesmaid’s dress. Giving the wedding a kooky edge, the bride arrived in a classic London cab. However, for the purposes of wedding transport, the cab was white. This unusual method of wedding transport helped designer Kerry Nixon (in her retro wedding dress) really stand out from the crowd.

If you fancy a bit of celebrity style at your wedding, you may not be able to hire a fleet like Miss Kardashian, but you can hopefully hire one beautiful car to make your wedding special.

Helen Pritchard writes for both netcars.com, a used car classified website and Car Finance 247 who specialize in helping people obtain car finance deals.

I am due to get married to my long term partner at the end of November and because I only ever plan to get married the once, I want absolutely everything to be perfect. Like most brides however, my biggest concern is regarding how I will look during the ceremony and as such, I have spent the last few months experimenting with different styles of makeup and hair. I am still undecided regarding which colour of eye shadow and lip gloss I will don for the event but I have decided that I will be wearing my hair in ringlets.

But why I have I chosen to have curly hair for my wedding? Here are just three reasons I want to wear a curly do on my big day:

• Curly hair is a traditionally romantic style
• Curly hair is far more comfortable than other styles of wedding hair
• Curling you hair for a wedding is easier than you might think!

Loose curly hair is a traditionally romantic style

I studied a module of Greek mythology during my time at university and I have to say that I have become pretty obsessed with Greek Goddesses since then. Many of these fabricated – yet powerful and classically beautiful – women had long curly hair, including Aphrodite (the goddess of love and beauty) and Hera who is fittingly, the goddess of marriage, women and childbirth. Curly hair was considered the most beautiful hair style in Ancient Greece and there are worse things to look like on your wedding day than a goddess!

Numerous studies have also been conducted with men over the years to determine the “flirtiest” of hair styles and unsurprisingly, curly hair came up on top. Maybe that has something to do with the temptation to twirl such around your fingers? A recent news story even announced that some academic research has discovered that those women who don curly hairstyles in the work place are also taken less seriously by their male peers due to the supposedly flirty aesthetic.  

It might make me sound like I am not pure enough to wear a white dress but I like the idea of looking a little flirty and attractive to other male onlookers at my wedding – why wouldn’t I want people to be jealous of the groom?

Loose curly hair is far more comfortable than other styles of wedding hair

Although many traditional wedding “up dos” look pleasant enough, they are usually pinned to the head quite tightly and this can cause the scalp to pinch. Some women might be happy to live by the sentiment that “pain is beauty” but I don’t want to be uncomfortable throughout that day that is supposed to be the happiest of my life!

Arguably, I could wear my hair up for the ceremony and undo it for the reception but after affixing an up style using several styling products, the hair is not easily reworked into another style due to the build up of product – I definitely will not have time to wash and restyle my hair between the two sections of the event.

Wedding up dos are also usually also built up around the position of the veil. I really don’t want to have to wear mine all day and because mine if the kind that has a hair grip built into either side of the band, it will be far more easily removed from locks that are loose than those which are tightly bound with bands and hairspray.

Curling your hair for a wedding is easier than you might think!

My hair is naturally poker straight and as such, there would usually be a little pain involved in transforming my locks into beautiful curls due to overnight techniques such as ragging, pin curling and hair rollers. Thankfully, I discovered a product that makes sleepless nights whilst curling a thing of the past; Curlformers.

I don’t want to bore you with the details regarding the application of these wondrous curling tubes (details of this can be found on the official website) but here are the reasons I love the product so much;

• They do not require heat to work and so they do not ravage your hair;
• They are incredibly easy to apply and remove from the hair;
• Curlformers produce incredibly defined curls for whoever uses them;
• The curling tubes are really flexible and so are not uncomfortable to sleep in;
• The tubes are of really high quality and are pretty much indestructible and so make for a very worthy investment;

If my marriage lasts as well as the curls one can achieve with Curlformers then I’ll be in marital bliss forever! 

Jacqueline Green is convinced that there is no better way to achieve curly hairstyles than with Curlformers kits – she really has never used a better hair curler! 

“The cry of ‘Flower Power’ echoes through the land. We shall not wilt. Let a thousand flowers bloom.” – Abbie Hoffman

Keeping it natural, beautiful, and hippie-inspired is the key to adding a true bohemian vibe to your bridal gown…and your entire wedding.

From maxi-dresses to floppy hats to platform sandals and up-to-here mini skirts…the 60′s offered women a wide range of fashion choices, and almost all of them had a touch of bohemian, Flower Power style…

To achieve a bohemian look inspired by the 1960′s, there are different ways to approach styling for your wedding; one approach is simplicity…natural hair, a makeup-free look (note: this does not have to mean truly makeup free…this sort of natural, barefaced look can be achieved with proper makeup that evens out the skin and adds some glow)… even bare feet or flat sandals.

The model shown above is beautifully tousled and tanned, and she captures the essence of easy bohemian beauty…nothing about her look is contrived.

However, if you like more drama, you can still amp up the glamour while using the Flower Power era for inspiration…

An outdoor wedding where good weather is expected can be the ideal venue for this look, because, at its most authentic, a Hippie-esque look always celebrates nature, spirituality, and the value of friendship and community…

If you’re into this sort of vintage vibe, here are some other ways to channel 1960′s Bohemian style on your wedding day…

Easy Shapes And Floral Accents…

Voluminous skirts just don’t work with this wedding dress aesthetic – keep it relaxed, easy to wear, and easy to accessorize with cool, 60′s-inspired details, such as long, center-parted hair, flowers, beaded necklaces, and floppy hats…with this type of look, choosing exactly the right accessories, makeup and hair is really important. Since nothing is too tight or constrictive, this look can also be so flattering for plus size wedding dresses.

Also, consider using bright colors for your wedding party’s suits and cheap bridesmaid dresses – you can even extend this to include groovy wedding invitations and wedding favours. Since you’re likely going to wear white as the bride-to-be, use a cool, slightly psychedelic color scheme for the rest of your group, and choose Flower Power accessories for your own outfit! This whole Sixties vibe can be as subtle or as campy as you wish – so have fun with it!

Woven or Lacy Details Are Perfect For A Luxurious, “Rich Hippie” Look…

 The type of dress shown above will be perfect with a Sixties-style floppy hat, and its lacy jacket mimics the handcrafted shawls and jackets of the hippie era – albeit in a decidedly more elegant way…

Celebrities such as Sienna Miller and Kate Moss often opt for this “rich bohemian” look when they choose evening dresses for special occasions.

These dresses must be styled for an overall look – makeup should include pale lipstick, a touch of bronzer for a natural glow, and heavily lined and mascara’d eyes, for that special Sixties look.

Back in the day, British beauties who began to embrace bohemian chic (such as Beatle George Harrison’s lady, Patti Boyd, and model Jean Shrimpton) were known as “dolly birds”; with the right hair, makeup, and dress, you too can be a true “dolly bird” on your wedding day…

Personalisation is a big trend right now in the wedding world – particularly where invitations are concerned. Brides want their wedding invitations to scream individuality. This can be difficult to come by when many cards come pre-printed or in limited designs even when custom ordering them. There are some great, easy ways to personalise your wedding invitations, though, no matter whether you order custom designs or pick up a box of invitations at a retail store.

Sending a Message in a Bottle
For a unique wedding invitation, try sending your information in bottles. You can get small bottles for just a little money at crafts stores and create beautiful invitations with them. Simply write your information on pieces of paper that will fit into the bottle when rolled up, add a little sand or some faux pearls inside the bottle, replace the cork, and ship in a box that will cushion is properly. This can be done for the same cost as custom invitations – often even less.

Digital Age Needlework
Embroidery is a nice detail that can be worked into wedding invitations. You don’t have to take the days upon days it would cost you to do this by hand, though. Look for heavy, cardstock-like paper and use a modern sewing machine that has an embroidery function. If you want to go all out and embroider all of the information on the card, the sky is the limit. If you need to save some time, simply print up the rest of the information on the card and embroider only the names of the couple marrying at the top and perhaps a nice, clean border. This is perfect for a wedding with a traditional or old-fashioned theme.

Let Out Your Inner Artist
Draw something, if you happen to have a bit of artistic talent. Whether you want to make your own invitations from scratch or have them pre-printed, drawing a little something on each one is a great way to put your own touch on them. It doesn’t have to be something complicated, fancy, or time-consuming. Just quickly sketch something in the corner or on the back of the invites for your guests to find when they open it up. This can be anything from a caricature of the recipient to something that you love or that goes along with your wedding theme.

Giving Your Guests a Little Surprise
If you have ordered plain invitations through a printing company, you don’t have to forego personalisation. One wonderful way to personalise pre-printed invitations is by using glitter and confetti. No, not the sand-like flakes that stick to everything and hang around your house for months. Shaped glitter and confetti can be found in hundreds of varieties now. You can choose something that is generically wedding-related, such as silver wedding bells or tiny brides and grooms, or confetti that is related to your wedding’s theme, whether your theme is anything from tropical or Wizard of Oz. Whatever you do, don’t glue it, though. Simply sprinkle a bit in the envelope with the invitation so that its recipient receives a cute surprise.

Samantha is a creative designer and part time printing assistant specialising in printing Sydney and surrounding areas. One of their specialties is custom wedding invitations, with some great designs available for your special day.

To make your wedding photographs as beautiful as possible, why not coordinate your bridal dress, bridesmaid dresses, and flower girl dresses?

Recently, supermodel Kate Moss wed rock musician Jamie Hince (of The Kills), and she wore an ivory, 1930′s-style Galliano couture wedding gown with metallic accents.

Kate Moss

To coordinate her wedding party, Kate chose innocent white gowns for her bridesmaids and flower girls, along with laurels of flowers for their hair.

Although choosing white bridesmaids gowns isn’t a typical choice, it gave the wedding photos a dreamy, innocent quality.

Kate Moss wanted a decadent, Great Gatsby vibe for her nuptials, and she succeeded brilliantly…right down to her groom’s fitted, pale-blue tuxedo!

To find the right combinations for your wedding, we’ve put together some exciting wedding party ensembles that may give you some welcome wedding inspiration.

Golden Light…

Gold adds a touch of sunlit beauty to wedding party ensembles…from the bride’s stunning white wedding dress, to the bridesmaids evening dresses and the flower girl’s little frocks. If you love a touch of metallic glamor, coordinate your wedding party with combinations of cream, gold and white..

The stunning, show-stopping gown featured above is adorned with frothy tulle and luxurious golden embellishments and trimmings. To coordinate the wedding party look, consider mimicking Kate Moss’ palette by dressing your bridesmaids in cream-coloured cheap bridesmaid dresses…

Of course, the perfect finishing touch is a sweet flower girl dress in a matching metallic. If you love gold, cream and white, you might enjoy this pretty and fun flower girl choice:

Pink Ladies…

A rosy glow is always flattering…for years, Old Hollywood glamor queens changed their own boudoir light bulbs from white to pink, knowing that the pink bulbs made them look fresher and younger. A little touch of pink adds feminine charm to almost any woman’s look, and this popular color can also work for a wedding party look that is picture perfect…

The gorgeous gown shown above will make you feel like a goddess – elegant draping around the torso leads to stunning layers of the palest rose-pink…perfect for any skin tone, fashionable wedding dresses like this one are meant to be treasured for a lifetime…

To dress your bridesmaids, select pretty pink dresses that blend beautifully with your own wedding gown’s palette…

Of course, little girls need to feel gorgeous, too, so treat them to a touch of petal-pink beauty that shows off their rosy cheeks and fresh faces…

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Angelina Jolie

Outrageously gorgeous, bold and spirited, Angelina Jolie is a lightning rod for controversy; however, she also evokes Old Hollywood glamor that (despite her array of edgy tattoos) always feels timeless.

Angelina’s style is classic – if you’ve seen her in her street clothes in paparazzi shots, you’ll know she favors skirts to the knee, fitted trousers, sweater sets, boots and simple pumps, and she keeps accessories to a minimum. However, her beautiful chestnut hair is always perfect (whether worn up or down), and her makeup is consistently flawless.

At night, on the red carpet, Angie unleashes her undeniable sex appeal with a formitting evening dress that tends to display a certain simplicity. With lips and eyes like Angelina Jolie’s, a lot of ruffles or jewels are not necessary, so she keeps it classic, with a touch of postmodern minimalism.

To get the Angelina Jolie look on your wedding day, choose a sophisticated gown, such as the stunning bridal dress shown above, and wear your hair in soft, controlled waves – after all, Angelina rarely goes in for fussy updos.

Makeup should be subtle, but still dramatic – Angelina always does a cat-eye look by lining her upper eyelid in black eyeliner and extending the line upward, for a winged effect. However, she doesn’t apply eye makeup to her lower lashes. This glam look makes the most of almond-shaped eyes, and it’s very elegant. Angie plays down her famous, full pout with earth-toned, beige-y lipstick – however, once in a while, she’ll choose a bold crimson or orange-red lip color that stands out beautifully against her pale olive skin tone.

Once you’ve found the wedding dress of your dreams, high heels and gorgeous bridal rings will be all you need to capture this hot celebrity look. Be sure to look for wedding dress alterations if you need them, as a perfect fit is really important for this high-end look.

Taylor Swift

Innocence and all-American wholesomeness define the style of natural beauty (and Cover Girl spokesmodel) Taylor Swift. This young singer-songwriter is known for her delicate features, alabaster skin, and curly blond tresses. Lately, Taylor’s been appearing in more grown-up hair and makeup, but her lean, elegant build and angelic face still lend a fresh, feminine, and youthful look to whatever she puts on.

To get a Taylor Swift-style wedding look, go for a deep side part of lush curls, and keep your makeup rosy, dewy, and girly. Flushed cheeks, rose-pink lips, and eyes lined in a little smoky charcoal eyeliner or eyeshadow will work perfectly for this look – avoid earth tones if you also have pale skin, like Taylor’s. Use shimmer powder on the decolletage and arms to add a “stardust” effect that is dazzling under bright lights.

Perfect wedding dresses that mimic the Taylor Swift look include the pretty corseted style shown above – always choose pure white, rather than cream, to highlight the fairytale beauty of this sort of look…

Zooey Deschanel

Indie “It” girl Zooey Deschanel is an actress with a distinctive hipster- vintage look and a love of girly dresses with a Fifties vibe. Her thick, dark mane and bright blue eyes have made her a natural choice for ingénue roles in film and television. Married to a member of alt-rock band Death Cab For Cutie, Zooey is also starring in a new television series, New Girl, this fall…

To get Zooey’s cool retro look, choose a knee-length wedding dress that nips in at the waist – accessorize with thick bangs, a pretty headband, and high heels. Red lips will work well, if you’re pale with dark hair, like Zooey. Whatever makeup you choose, keep it very light and natural, except for the lips, which should contrast with your skin and hair.

Best For Bride Is Here To Help

Looking for mother of the bride dresses, wedding favors, or wedding cakes? Whatever you need, we’re here to help you get exactly what you want. At Best For Bride, we offer full service for brides-to-be, and we know exactly how to make your wedding dreams come true. Visit our Ontario retail outlets, or use our convenient online bridal store to order the dress of your dreams, and plan the ideal wedding!